Introduction

[Whiskers]

I can't thank both of you enough for trying out this experimental form of co-interview. Not only is it a chance to communicate with two industry greats but we get to do it in a very dynamic way. I am very excited for this new series. I enjoyed Michael Moorock's Multiverse on so many levels. I can't wait to discover the suprises you have in store this time.

So getting to it, whose idea was it to reunite?

[Walter Simonson]

I don't know that we saw the Elric project as a 'reuniting' so much as a continuation of a partnership we both enjoy. We had a great time working together on the Multiverse comic.

After the MMM series was completed, I wrote and drew a book called ORION for a couple of years. Michael and I talked off and on during that time and while I don't remember exactly how Elric came up, I think we were both delighted to have a chance to work together again so once the ORION series wrapped up, moving into Elric seemed pretty natural. I know Michael and I discussed the possibilities off and on and some of the things we talked about made it into the series and some things didn't. DC Comics was game to have us do another project together and it was, in retrospect at least, just about that simple.

Maybe Michael was putting editors and publishers into hammerlocks behind my back to persuade them to give us another book but apparently, I missed those particular negotiating sessions!

Best/Walter

[Michael Moorcock]

Those compromising photographs of DC people secretly having meetings with Spiderman have come in pretty useful in recent years...